I’ve been using TrainerRoad for tracking while following a 6-day-a-week coached plan that includes sanctioned USA Cycling races (Cat 2/3, 3/4 fields). These are not light spinouts or “group rides.” They’re tactical, aggressive, and in many cases harder than any TR-prescribed VO₂ session.
But when I try to log these races in the system, the only suggestion I get is to tag them as “Group Rides” or “Zwift Races.” That’s… baffling. It feels like TR’s ecosystem has shifted toward supporting virtual competition over actual road racing. I don’t even use Zwift anymore—price hikes made that decision easy—and yet it’s still the only sanctioned tag that gets anywhere close to a real race in TR’s logic.
If the product is still marketed as “for racers, by racers,” maybe it’s time to rethink how Plan Builder and ride classification treat outdoor competition. Right now, the structure treats real races like messy data points to be smoothed away. And that feels off.
Would love to know how other outdoor racers are navigating this—or if anyone at TR sees room for growth here.